The Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Flávio Dino, asked on Thursday (18) for more than R$1 billion (US$200 million) from the Amazon Fund to increase security in the Amazon region.
The request was made during a meeting with the president of BNDES (National Bank of Economic and Social Development), Aloízio Mercadante.
The state-owned development bank is the fund's manager.
"I met with President Aloízio Mercadante and the entire BNDES team."
"We presented a common plan of the Ministry of Justice with the Ministry of Defense, aiming, above all, to expand the presence . . .
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